Trump’s First 100 Days in 10 Charts

A look at President Trump’s actions during his first 100 days and their impact.

President Donald Trump’s second term has been characterized by swift action and stiff opposition.

Benefiting from four years of experience followed by four years of preparation, Trump launched a barrage of executive orders within hours of taking the oath of office on Jan. 20. The relentless pace continued as Trump issued new executive orders, memoranda, and proclamations nearly every day, more than 220 in all.

Political opponents also wasted no time resisting many of the president’s initiatives, challenging some actions in court and protesting others in the streets.

Here is an overview of the scope and scale of the president’s progress over the first 100 days, and of the equally unremitting effort to slow or reverse it.

Executive Actions: 10 Per Week

During the campaign, Trump promised rapid action on his agenda, and he has delivered it. The returning president signed 142 executive orders during his first 100 days, including 26 on his first day in office.

Many orders implemented core items of his second-term agenda, including halting illegal immigration, building U.S. manufacturing capacity, and increasing domestic energy production.

Other orders fulfilled campaign promises related to addressing transgender ideology, reducing government regulations, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, and withdrawing from the World Health Organization.

By contrast, the 119th Congress, which is narrowly divided in both the House and Senate, passed just five laws during its first 100 days, which the president signed.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued more than 300 executive orders per year while in office. Since then, presidents have issued an average of 58 executive orders per year. Trump averaged 55 per year during his first term.

Court Challenges: 2 Per Day

Less than 48 hours after the 2024 presidential election was called for Trump, the American Civil Liberties Union published a full-page ad in a national newspaper vowing legal action for various civil rights violations it alleged that Trump would commit.

So began one of the most contentious starts to an administration in modern history.

More than 210 lawsuits challenging the administration’s agenda have been filed in the first 100 days of the second Trump term. Hundreds of opposition rallies and protests have taken place, including one conducted by U.S. representatives on the floor of the House.

Nearly all of the legal challenges are working their way through the courts. Some of the president’s actions have been blocked or allowed temporarily, pending further court action. The court allowed the Deferred Resignation Program, or voluntary departure plan, of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to continue. Harvard University’s legal challenge to the administration’s funding freeze over anti-Semitism and removal of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs has yet to be heard by the court.

Economic Indicators: Up, Down

Economic indicators mostly improved through March, the last month for which complete data are available. Nonfarm job creation nearly doubled since Trump took office, although the unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percent.

Inflation declined by 0.5 percent, reaching 2.8 percent, its lowest level since February 2021.

Trump’s tariff strategy, launched on April 2—which he called “Liberation Day”—appeared to cause uncertainty among investors, which could affect economic indicators for April.

The president said his tariff strategy is to reverse the trade imbalance between the United States and other nations by levying reciprocal tariffs on their goods coming into this country. The tariffs will also encourage manufacturers to create products in the United States, according to Trump.

The S&P 500, an index that tracks the performance of leading companies, dropped steeply in the days following the tariff announcement. Prices rallied on April 8, the day after Trump announced a pause in many of the tariffs.

Manufacturing Build-Back: $1.75 Trillion

More than a dozen domestic and foreign manufacturers have announced large investments in their U.S. operations since Trump took office.

In at least one case, Trump’s tariff policy played a part in the decision to invest here. Honda is expected to manufacture its next-generation Civic hybrid in Indiana rather than Mexico.

Nissan and Hyundai are expected to move some manufacturing facilities to the United States as well, according to the White House.

Those investments include more than $1 trillion from tech giants Nvidia, Apple, Oracle, and others. Merck, the German pharmaceutical company, opened a $1 billion manufacturing facility in North Carolina this year.

Multinational automaker Stellantis announced a $5 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing sites.

Illegal Border Crossings: 90 Percent Reduction in 40 Days

Trump’s early actions on border security included declaring a national emergency, invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to speed deportation, and directing the military to augment security at the nation’s borders.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began increased deportation operations targeting criminal illegal immigrants on Jan. 21. Immigration officials reported 32,800 arrests in the first three weeks of the Trump administration, about 73 percent of whom were illegal immigrants with a criminal charge or conviction.

ICE made 113,400 total immigration arrests during the last fiscal year of the Biden administration, according to the agency’s records.

Customs and Border Protection reported a nearly 90 percent drop in illegal immigrant apprehensions at the southern border between December 2024, the last full month before Trump took office, and March.

Taxpayer Savings: $1.6 Billion Per Day

Trump created DOGE on Jan. 20. Headed by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, DOGE took rapid action to reduce government spending with the goal of reaching $1 trillion in cost savings.

Immediate targets included taxpayer-funded programs related to gender ideology and DEI. DOGE also targeted waste, such as leases on unoccupied buildings.

Agency heads have reduced spending to save Americans about $160 billion in 100 days, or nearly $1,000 per taxpayer, according to DOGE.

Trump offered a Deferred Resignation Program, which allowed federal employees to voluntarily resign and retain salary and benefits until Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year. About 77,000 of the more than 3 million federal employees opted into the program.

Other staff reductions have eliminated about 66,000 positions, nearly all of which were retirements or voluntary transitions, according to DOGE.

Three other recent presidents made significant staffing reductions during their first 100 days, as did Trump during his first term.

Sam Dorman contributed to this article.